Exempla antiqua

Classical and Medieval Latin examples for learners

Penelope tapestry

Tapestry showing a woman working at a loom.

“Penelope at Her Loom” a fragment from “The Story of Penelope and The Story of the Cimbri Women” (from the series, “The Stories of Virtuous Women”). French or Franco-Flemish. ca. 1480–83. Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. 26.54. http://www.mfa.org/collections/object/tapestry-penelope-at-her-loom-a-fragment-from-the-story-of-penelope-and-the-story-of-the-cimbri-women-from-the-series-the-stories-of-virtuous-women-67035

PENELOPE CO[N]IVNX SE[M]PER VLIXIS ERO

Ovid Heroides 1.84

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